Krakow

Krakow is a well-known city, beloved by all Poles. This former capital of Poland still stands for the most unique historic and cultural center of the country, with an uncountable number of monuments and landmarks crucial to the national heritage. Legends, traditions and the high society, all shaped the character of this eternal city and are still alive to date. You can sense their presence by beginning your sightseeing trip from Wawel Hill or Jan Matejko Square. Both historical routes will lead you towards the Main Market Square, where you can see Lajkonik (one of the unofficial symbols of the city of Krakow). Take a stroll along Sukiennice, enter the Mariacki Church and admire the masterpieces of Gothic architecture. The picturesque streets of Krakow, such as Florianska, Grodzka and Kanoniczna will acquaint you with the residences of prominent citizens and will invite you to see the interiors of its town houses and temples. Krakow is an exciting, lively and extraordinary place, which unveils its secrets to anyone who is willing to discover them.

Events calendar

Maroon 5

01-06-2016

Maroon 5, born and bred in Los Angeles, with their catchy hook, soaring vocals, and signature sound, have solidified their position as one of pop music’s most enduring artists. The band captured their first of three Grammy Awards as “Best New Artist” of 2005 and have gone on to sell more than 17 million albums worldwide. Maroon 5’s releases have also gone gold and platinum in over 35 countries.

7@NITE. NIGHT OF THE SYNAGOGUES 2016

04-06-2016

Join us for the 6th unique annual 7@nite – Night of the Synagogues. This year we will visit Kraków’s seven synagogues on the night of 4th June, following the trail of “Jews Around the World”.
Everyone in the mood for a colourful and slightly exotic journey around the world should feel invited. We will be exploring the diversity and distinctness of Jewish communities in various, often distant, countries; their peculiarity resulting from local traditions and their unique regional character. Among other places, we will visit India, Ethiopia, the United States of America, Israel and, of course, Poland.

Miłosz Festival

09-06-2016

Miłosz Festival is the biggest celebration of poetry in Poland and in Central Europe, organised every year. The biggest names of world literature attend every edition. The festival was born from Meetings of Poets of the East and the West, organised by Wisława Szymborska and Czesław Miłosz in 1997 and 2000 in Kraków. Five years after Czesław Miłosz died, the Book Institute organised first edition of the festival entitled “The Captive Mind”.
The Miłosz Festival asks an important question about the place of poetry in the modern world. 4th edition of the festival, inspired by “Book of Luminous Things” by Czesław Miłosz, his private anthology of contemporary world poetry, puts poets in the role of critics of today’s poetry and allows them to predict the condition of this art in years to come.